Amy V. Beck, 33, a sixth-grade English and social sciences teacher at David Starr Jordan Middle School, will be arraigned on four counts of unlawful sex with a person under 16, and one count of oral copulation with a person under Beck turned herself in at the Burbank police station Monday, telling authorities she had been having "an inappropriate sexual relationship" with one of her male students from March to September of , said Sgt.
Robert Quesada of the Burbank Police Department. Investigators confirmed the story with the student. Beck's arrest came just days after she resigned from the school with a short letter that gave no indication of why she was leaving, according to Gabe Soumakian, assistant superintendent for human resources for the Burbank Unified School District. The student, now 15, is no longer at the school, Soumakian said. School officials have found a substitute teacher to finish the rest of the year.
News of the arrest spread quickly Tuesday at the middle school, where incredulous students swapped the latest information on the former teacher. Many described Beck as a nice teacher who often talked about her three children and her husband, a police officer. Some even said she was their favorite. I didn't think she could have done it. Several parents expressed shock that the alleged crime could have occurred at the school, which has consistently performed well academically.
Hopefully they'll take steps to prevent it from happening again. One neighbor in Beck's tree-lined Burbank neighborhood of single-family homes could not believe the news when told by a reporter.
The neighbor, who mostly spoke with Beck's husband, said the Becks were a nice family. Burbank police asked anyone with information about the case to contact Detective Wally Schilling at If you purchase a product or register for an account through a link on our site, we may receive compensation.
